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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Cool things that happened on March Second

From a Wikipedia email forwarded to me

things that happened on March Second that I feel are cool1807 - The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importationof slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of theUnited States ... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."1836 - Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republicof Texas from Mexico.1861 - Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia: Tsar Alexander IIsigned the emancipation reform into law, abolishing Russian serfdom.1888 - The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing freemaritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.1896 - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the Battle of Adwa, marking thefirst victory of an African nation over a colonial power.1917 - The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto RicansUnited States citizenship.1943 - World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea - United States andAustralian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.1956 - Morocco declares its independence from France.1959 - Miles Davis holds the first recording session for Kind ofBlue at Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York, NY.1962 - In Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain of thePhiladelphia 76ers scores 100 points against the New York Knicks,breaking several National Basketball Association records.1985- TV anime series Mobile Suit Z Gundum broadcasts its firstepisode in Japan.1995 - Yahoo! is incorporated, establishing the Internet Portal as amodel.1996 - John Howard elected as Prime Minister of Australia.1998 - Data sent from the Galileo spaceprobe indicates thatJupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins,ending on March 19) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters,with 11 allied troop fatalities.1904 - Dr. Seuss, American author (d. 1991) (birthday)1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union, recipientof the Nobel Peace Prize1931 - Tom Wolfe, American author1950 - Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (d. 1983)1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, American singer, songwriter, and actor1985 - Reggie Bush, American football player

and now for.... the sad things

(death)1982 - Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)(Birth...god I am as old as this douche) 1977 - Chris Martin, British musician (Coldplay)